How to Change Default Recycle Bin Size on Windows 10

It is known fact that when we delete a file in any Windows system, it moves to Recycle Bin and stays there until you empty Recycle Bin folder. In every Windows OS, including Windows 10 by default Recycle Bin occupies 5% of the total disk size and when it reaches the maximum limit, files exist on it will be removed in FIFO (First in First Out) order.

If you don’t want to lose old files stored on Recycle Bin, then you can adjust your Recycle Bin size. So that existing files stays there until you wish to remove them. Here are the steps to resize Recycle Bin on Windows 10-

1. Select Recycle Bin icon from desktop

2. Right click on that and select Properties from the pop up menu

3. It opens Recycle Bin properties window; you can see all the disk associated with Recycle Bin here

4. In the Settings for Selected Location, there are 2 radio buttons

5. First radio button "Custom size" helps to resize your Recycle Bin

6. Select Custom Size button and then the edit size of the selected drive's Recycle Bin

7. Finally, click Apply and then OK

Now, you can hold more files in the Recycle Bin folder. If you don’t want to take more disk space for Recycle Bin, then you can even reduce it.

But as I said above, when Recycle Bin reaches its maximum limit the older files will be removed from it. To recover bypassed files from Windows 10, you need to use Recycle Bin Recovery software. It recovers files that are bypassed Windows 10 Recycle Bin. Not just Windows 10, you can also make use of this tool on any Windows OS for recovering Recycle Bin files.